All Outputs (37)

Do Metrics Matter? (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Innes, M., & Rosenfeld, S. (2019, May). Do Metrics Matter?. Presented at LightFair International 2019, Philadelphia, USA

Lighting metrics are neither absolute quantitative nor purely qualitative experiential measurements. Possibly uniquely amongst the SI system of physical measurements, the Candela is a pseudo-objective measurement based on the human visual experience.... Read More about Do Metrics Matter?.

Lighting for Cities Inhabited by People, Not Cars: Community Co-Design and Creative Lighting (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Innes, M., & Winton, E. (2017). Lighting for Cities Inhabited by People, Not Cars: Community Co-Design and Creative Lighting. In PLDC 6th Global Lighting Design Conference

Electric street lighting has developed wholly in the age of the motor car. Therefore, normal models of urban lighting are based firmly on designing for vehicle traffic. Standards documents and good practice guidance typically focus on lighting vehicl... Read More about Lighting for Cities Inhabited by People, Not Cars: Community Co-Design and Creative Lighting.

True Colours: explorations in art, design and research (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Innes, M. (2017). True Colours: explorations in art, design and research. In Color and Imaging Conference (309-312)

Do you see colour the same way that I see colour? As my initial training was as an artist, it is possible that I look at colour very differently from someone with a scientific background. But do all artists or all scientists see the same, how do spe... Read More about True Colours: explorations in art, design and research.

Lighting and Museum Exhibits (2017)
Book Chapter
Innes, M. (2017). Lighting and Museum Exhibits. In C. Papadopoulos, & H. Moyes (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Light in Archaeology. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198788218.013.31

Museums exist to display and preserve valuable artefacts. Display lighting helps fulfil one of the main tenets of a museum, but excessive light causes irreparable damage to sensitive exhibits. Getting the balance between good display lighting and goo... Read More about Lighting and Museum Exhibits.

The edges of lighting design: Research and practice on the fringes (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Innes, M. (2017). The edges of lighting design: Research and practice on the fringes. In New Perspectives on the Future of Healthy Light and Lighting in Daily Life (16-21)

If architectural lighting design is contained within a defined circle, then the edges are, at the very least, quite blurred. All kinds of other lighting practice has straddled the boundaries: theatre, live event, film, light art... All these areas ha... Read More about The edges of lighting design: Research and practice on the fringes.

Efficient or Effective (2017)
Journal Article
Innes, M. (2017). Efficient or Effective. Lighting Magazine, 49(2), 100-107

Efficient or Effective: The contrast between these twin aspects of lighting cuts to the core of what it means to be a lighting designer. It poses the thorny question: what is lighting for?

Research on the Chemical and Colour Changes of Historically Important Light-Sensitive Dyestuffs during Accelerated Light Ageing with Filtered Visible Light (2016)
Working Paper
Quye, A., Han, J., & Innes, M. Research on the Chemical and Colour Changes of Historically Important Light-Sensitive Dyestuffs during Accelerated Light Ageing with Filtered Visible Light

Lighting is a key factor for the display and preservation of cultural heritage materials. This research pioneers the chemical investigation of colourants aged by visible light of different wavelengths. Silk samples dyed by historically important colo... Read More about Research on the Chemical and Colour Changes of Historically Important Light-Sensitive Dyestuffs during Accelerated Light Ageing with Filtered Visible Light.

Unconventional Lighting (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Innes, M. (2016, November). Unconventional Lighting

No abstract available.

How do you make a Lighting Designer? (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Innes, M. (2016, October). How do you make a Lighting Designer?

The chemical effect of filtered visible light on light-sensitive dyes (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Quye, A., Han, J., & Innes, M. (2016, October). The chemical effect of filtered visible light on light-sensitive dyes. Poster presented at Dyes in History and Archaeology 35 (DHA35)

Despite best efforts to remove damaging UV and short wavelength light from museum displays, dyes on historical textiles can still fade or change colour if visible light causes chromophoric compounds to form or degrade. For known light-sensitive dyes,... Read More about The chemical effect of filtered visible light on light-sensitive dyes.

Light-emitting Lace: a textile and lighting modular system (2016)
Physical Artefact
Taylor, S., Robertson, S., & Innes, M. (2018). Light-emitting Lace: a textile and lighting modular system. [Film, Adio]

Light-emitting Lace is a textile lighting proof of concept modular system comprising woven optical fibre and textile illuminator and the result of two, Textile Future Forum (TFF) Challenge Fund Awards to accelerate Scottish industry-led step change a... Read More about Light-emitting Lace: a textile and lighting modular system.

'Chain Reaction' Torness Nuclear Power Station (2016)
Exhibition / Performance
Innes, M. 'Chain Reaction' Torness Nuclear Power Station. Performed at Torness, East Lothian. 4 March 2016 - 13 March 2016. (Unpublished)

Temporary projection art installation onto the facade of the nuclear power station. Commissioned as part of the Dunbar Science Festival.

International Year of Light: IllumiNations. (2015)
Exhibition / Performance
Innes, M. International Year of Light: IllumiNations. Performed at Edinburgh. 2 December 2015 - 2 December 2015. (Unpublished)

This one night light art installation was commissioned by Heriot Watt University to mark the Scottish Closing Ceremony of the International Year of Light. The commission was inspired by the ‘Magic Lantern’ event carried out earlier the same year.... Read More about International Year of Light: IllumiNations..

Lighting Design Thinking (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Innes, M. (2015, November). Lighting Design Thinking

Public lecture to an audience of students and practicing professional designers, architects and artists.

Digital Lighting for the Analogue Museum (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Innes, M. (2015). Digital Lighting for the Analogue Museum. In PLDC 2015 Proceedings

Exhibition lighting in museums and galleries usually strives to render the true nature of the surface of the exhibits. This would normally include using light sources that provide the most accurate rendering of colour and tone - white light sources w... Read More about Digital Lighting for the Analogue Museum.

Lighting Design as a Second Language. (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Innes, M. (2015, October). Lighting Design as a Second Language. Presented at LES RENCARDS DE L’ACETYLÈNE 2015, Paris

Lighting Education for Non-Specialists: How does anyone end up working as a lighting designer? We have all discovered the joy of lighting design through different routes. When friends in kindergarten wanted to be firemen and astronauts, I did not... Read More about Lighting Design as a Second Language..

'Magic Lantern' Barns Ness Lighthouse (2015)
Exhibition / Performance
Innes, M. 'Magic Lantern' Barns Ness Lighthouse. 6 March 2015 - 8 March 2015. (Unpublished)

This light art and projection event was commissioned by Dunbar SciFest to celebrate the International Year of Light 2015. Tasked with trying to generate a new audience for a science festival by creating an artwork, Malcolm Innes used light, colour... Read More about 'Magic Lantern' Barns Ness Lighthouse.

Presenting cultural heritage in the best light. (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Innes, M. (2014, November). Presenting cultural heritage in the best light. Paper presented at ILDC 2014 : 2nd Iran Lighting Design Conference

Presentation delivered at the ILDC 2014 : 2nd Iran Lighting Design Conference.

Botanic Lights: Night in the Garden (2014)
Exhibition / Performance
Innes, M., & Winton, E. Botanic Lights: Night in the Garden. Performed at Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh. 29 October 2014 - 23 November 2014. (Unpublished)

In 2012, The Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh (RBGE) approached Malcom Innes to explore options to use light art installations and events to generate a new income stream for RBGE. The project began with a small feasibility study (funded by an Inter... Read More about Botanic Lights: Night in the Garden.

Journal of Design Practice and Research, Volume 3, 2014 (2014)
Book
Lambert, I., Firth, R., MacLeod, M., Forster, S., Innes, M., Winton, E., …Titley, W. (2014). Journal of Design Practice and Research, Volume 3, 2014. Edinburgh Napier University

Editorial -Welcome to the third issue of the Journal for Design Practice & Research. The last 18 months has been an extremely busy time for us. We have continued to grow as a team, with new members joining, and our work grows ever more diverse. We h... Read More about Journal of Design Practice and Research, Volume 3, 2014.